Description of Cryptocercus clevelandi (Dictyoptera: Cryptocercidae) from the Northwestern United States, Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Symbionts in its Fat Body, and Notes on Biology, Distribution, and Biogeography

Nalepa, Christine A.; Byers, George W.; Bandi, Claudio; Sironi, M

doi:10.1093/aesa/90.4.416

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“…Nalepa et al (1997) proposed a divergence time of 25^70 Myr for the endosymbionts of C. clevelandi and C. punctulatus, which di¡ers from our estimate. However, our divergence estimates are based on a larger number of samples and are therefore likely to be closer to the true value.…”

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Coevolution between a cockroach and its bacterial endosymbiont: a biogeographical perspective

Clark

Hossain

Burnside

et al. 2001

Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B

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Cryptocercus are subsocial, xylophagous cockroaches that live in temperate forests. Like other cockroaches, Cryptocercus harbour endosymbiotic bacteria in their fat bodies. Two species of Cryptocercus occur in the palaearctic, one each in eastern Russia and south-central China. In the USA, there are ¢ve species: one in the north-west and four in the south-east. Little is known about the relationship between the Eurasian and North American Cryptocercus or the causes of the disjunct distribution. Here, a molecular phylogeny for six out of the seven Cryptocercus species and their endosymbionts is inferred in an attempt to understand the evolution and biogeography of the genus. Our analysis showed that the North American Cryptocercus are monophyletic, suggesting that a single colonization event was followed by vicariance. There was complete concordance between the host and endosymbiont phylogenetic trees. Divergence estimates based on endosymbiont DNA sequences suggested that the palaearctic and nearctic Cryptocercus diverged 70^115 million years (Myr) ago and the eastern-and western-USA species diverged 53^88 Myr ago. These divergence estimates were correlated with biogeographical events, and a hypothesis is presented to explain the current distribution of Cryptocercus. Our ¢ndings suggest that Cryptocercus has had a long evolutionary history, dating back to the Jurassic.

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Coevolution between a cockroach and its bacterial endosymbiont: a biogeographical perspective

Clark

Hossain

Burnside

et al. 2001

Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B

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“…Cryptocercus species have been found only in a few forests of the Palearctic and Nearctic regions (Scudder 1862;Bey-Bienko 1950;Nalepa et al 1997Nalepa et al , 2001Burnside et al 1999;Grandcolas 1999aGrandcolas , 1999bGrandcolas , 2000Grandcolas et al 2001;Park et al 2004). In Nearctic regions, they show a disjunct distribution in the USA; Cryptocercus clevelandi is distributed in the Coast and Cascade Mountains of northern California and southwestern Oregon (Nalepa et al 1997), while Cryptocercus punctulatus species complex, also described as Cryptocercus darwini, Cryptocercus garciai, Cryptocercus punctulatus and Cryptocercus wrighti by Burnside et al (1999), is reported to occur along the Appalachian and Allegheny Mountains (Burnside et al 1999;Nalepa et al 2002).…”

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“…In Nearctic regions, they show a disjunct distribution in the USA; Cryptocercus clevelandi is distributed in the Coast and Cascade Mountains of northern California and southwestern Oregon (Nalepa et al 1997), while Cryptocercus punctulatus species complex, also described as Cryptocercus darwini, Cryptocercus garciai, Cryptocercus punctulatus and Cryptocercus wrighti by Burnside et al (1999), is reported to occur along the Appalachian and Allegheny Mountains (Burnside et al 1999;Nalepa et al 2002). In Palearctic regions, Cryptocercus has been reported in only a few forests of Southwest China and Northeast Asia including Korea, Manchuria and Siberia (Bey-Bienko 1950;Grandcolas 2000;Grandcolas et al 2001;Nalepa et al 2001;Park et al 2004).…”

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Evolutionary trend of the small subunit nuclear ribosomal DNAs (SSU rDNAs) of wood-feedingCryptocercuscockroaches (Blattaria:Cryptocercus)

Kim

Rho

Kim

et al. 2013

Animal Cells and Systems

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Park (2013) Evolutionary trend of the small subunit nuclear ribosomal DNAs (SSU rDNAs) of wood-feeding Cryptocercus cockroaches (Blattaria: Cryptocercus), Animal Cells and Systems, 17:1, 36-43, DOI: 10.1080/19768354.2012 The objective of this study is to elucidate the evolutionary rate of Cryptocercus SSU rDNAs based on the relative rate test (RRT) and comparative analysis of the primary sequences. In the RRTs, the evolutionary rate differences (dKs) of the Cryptocercus SSU rDNAs were not statistically significant (0.107 BP B0.996) in all cases, although an Asian Cryptocercus appeared to evolve more slowly than a North American Cryptocercus as indicated by the negative signs of dKs. Contrary to the RRT, the comparative analysis of SSU rDNA sequences revealed some interesting aspects in the evolutionary rates of Cryptocercus SSU rDNAs. In comparison with those of closely (Mastotermes darwiniensis and Tenodera aridifolia) or more distantly related taxa (Locusta migratoria), the SSU rDNAs of the genus Cryptocercus showed that insertions are progressing in a variable region (HV2). The SSU rDNA of Calymmaderus punctulatus species complex (Mountain Lake Biological Station, VA), a North American species, was unusually more elongated in the HV2 than those of the reference taxa or the other congeneric species.

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“…Palabras Clave: Cryptocercidae; termitas; genitalia; China The genus Cryptocercus Blattodea: Cryptocercidae) is distinguished by the following characters: wingless and except for a brief dispersal stage as late-stage nymphs or young adults, their entire life cycle is spent within galleries chewed in rotten logs (Nalepa et al 1997). Currently the genus comprises 12 species (Beccaloni 2007) found in East Asia and North America (Bey-Bienko 1950;Grandcolas 1999), whose distribution is amphiberingian (Grandcolas et al 2005).…”

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“…Because species in the genus Cryptocercus show slight interspecific variations in structure, researchers mainly use sequence divergence in the mitochondrial DNA (Nalepa et al 1997;Burnside et al 1999;Grandcolas et al 2001;Grandcolas et al 2005) in addition to some aspects of female genitalia (Grandcolas 2000;Aldrich et al 2004;Grandcolas et al 2005) and chromosome number (Kambhampati et al 1996;Burnside et al 1999) or bacterial endosymbionts (Clark et al 2003) to distinguish species. Aldrich et al (2004) indicated that the female genitalia exhibit consistent, species-specific variation and can be used to identify each of the 4 Cryptocercus species that occur in the Appalachian Mountains.…”

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What does Cryptocercus kyebangensis, n.sp. (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Polyphagidae) from Korea reveal about Cryptocercus evolution? A study in morphology, molecular phylogeny, and chemistry of tergal glands

Grandcolas¹,

Park

Choe

et al. 2001

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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Description of Cryptocercus clevelandi (Dictyoptera: Cryptocercidae) from the Northwestern United States, Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Symbionts in its Fat Body, and Notes on Biology, Distribution, and Biogeography

Cited by 53 publications

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Coevolution between a cockroach and its bacterial endosymbiont: a biogeographical perspective

Coevolution between a cockroach and its bacterial endosymbiont: a biogeographical perspective

Evolutionary trend of the small subunit nuclear ribosomal DNAs (SSU rDNAs) of wood-feedingCryptocercuscockroaches (Blattaria:Cryptocercus)

What does Cryptocercus kyebangensis, n.sp. (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Polyphagidae) from Korea reveal about Cryptocercus evolution? A study in morphology, molecular phylogeny, and chemistry of tergal glands

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